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UNDERSTANDING THE BASTAR BLOODBATH

DECADES OF EXPLOITATION FOMENTED MAOISM
Harihar Swarup - 2013-06-01 09:43
Gross exploitation of tribal people of Bastar over decades has led to building of what has come to be known as the ‘Maoist insurgency.’ It culminated in gruesome killing of 27 Congressmen including as important leaders as Mahendra Karma, Chhattisgarh PCC president Nand Kumar Patel and grievously injuring senior leader V C Shukla. As a matter of fact, almost the entire leadership of the state Congress has been wiped out.

India committed to develop Buddhist tourist circuit, says Minister

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-05-31 15:10
New Delhi: India is committed not only to go ahead with the Nalanda University project in cooperation with donar countries but has also planned development of the tourist circuit covering activities of Lord Buddha.

PAKISTAN IN THE GRIP OF POLITICAL ISLAM

Rightward swing in the Pak verdict
Sankar Ray - 2013-05-31 11:10
With less than a week left for the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supreme Nawaz Sharif’s swearing-in as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, following the joining of 18 independent elected members of National Assembly with the 126-strong PML(N) parliamentary group (137 being the magic figure to form the government), the Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Pakistan (TTP) leader Dr Muhammad Ayyub Khan resorted to a tearing haste to Sharif to nominate Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan for the office of President of Pakistan.

VS, CPI (M) LEADERS CLASH ONCE AGAIN

FLAMES OF SECTARIANISM FLARE UP
P. Sreekumaran - 2013-05-31 11:07
After a brief interregnum, the embers of sectarianism have once again leapt to flames in the Kerala CPI(M).

RUPEE LOSING VALUE: INDIAN RICH BECOMES RICHER

Nantoo Banerjee - 2013-05-31 11:02
Indian Rupee (INR) has once again slipped past 56 per US Dollar (USD), for the first time since September 2012. The foreign exchange market trend, which reflects the overall movement of the country’s key economic indicators, suggests that INR is likely to inch closer to 60 per USD before the next year’s scheduled Lok Sabha election.

UPA-II SEEKS RENEWED MANDATE ON A POORER RECORD

ELECTORAL COMPULSIONS TO LIMIT THE REFORM AGENDA
S. Sethuraman - 2013-05-31 07:20
UPA-II’s performance, somewhat negative overall, had not matched the promises it had made in 2009 though the electoral arithmetic then worked in its favour, significantly boosting the Congress, which characteristically lost itself in complacency in due course. No doubt, the Congress-led UPA had immediately to contend with a global downturn in the wake of the worst financial crisis in 2008 since the Great Depression, and stimulate the economy, as other emerging markets did as well, inevitably generating medium-term budgetary imbalances.

EXPULSION OF RAM JETHMALANI FROM BJP

IS IT THE FIRST MOVE OF PARLIAMENTARY BOARD AGAINST MODI?
Upendra Prasad - 2013-05-31 07:17
After the ouster of Ram Jethmalani from BJP, Congress spokesman Shakil Ahmad was quick to react that it was the first move against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by the parliamentary board of the Party. Is he right or he is just enjoying the infighting of the saffron Party?

After PM’s visit, Antony on way to strengthen India-Pacific ties

ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-05-30 07:01
New Delhi: Following Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s visit to Japan and Thailand the country’s Defence Minister AK Antony is scheduled to make a three-nation official visit to strengthen defence and security ties with the countries in the region of east Indian Ocean and the Pacific.

India to give clearance to LCA Tejas next year

Mi-17 chopper to be deployed in red areas
ASHOK B SHARMA - 2013-05-29 11:52
New Delhi: India is slated to give final operational to the indigenously developed fighter aircraft - LCA Tejas - by the end of next year.